'Just wanted to have sushi': Court hears what Porsche driver told dying officer at crash scene
A Porsche driver accused of fleeing a Melbourne crash that killed four police officers allegedly verbally abused a victim as she lay dying for ruining his car.
Richard Pusey, 41, allegedly ignored Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor's calls for help, but instead began filming the graphic scene.
The Fitzroy man is accused of walking up to her as she was pinned down by a truck which had driven through her and her three colleagues and saying: "There you go. Amazing, absolutely amazing", Melbourne Magistrates Court heard on Friday.
"All I wanted was to go home and have my sushi and now you've "f***ed my f***ing car," Pusey allegedly said as Sen Const Taylor continued to groan, Melbourne Magistrates Court was told on Friday.
Pusey appeared in court on nine charges, including speeding, reckless conduct and drug possession.
He was pulled over for allegedly speeding at 140km/h on the Eastern Freeway at Kew on Wednesday night and tested positive to cannabis and ice.
He escaped the fatal crash because he was urinating on the roadside and then allegedly fled on foot before being arrest on Thursday morning.
LSC Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney were killed when a refrigerated truck veered to the left and hit them at 100km/h as they stood in the emergency lane.
Pusey did not apply for bail.
Meanwhile, the truck driver who had a medical episode after the crash is still under police guard in hospital.
"He's unfit to be interviewed at this stage. We don't know whether that will be today or in the next couple of days," Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton said.
"The families are obviously shattered" and need answers, he added.
Police raided the truck driver's Cranbourne home on Wednesday night and are yet to reveal what they found.
Tributes flow in to fallen officers after tragedy
LSC Taylor, 60, had been with the force for 31 years and joined the road policing drug and alcohol section in 2011, while both Constables Humphris and Prestney had only recently graduated from the academy.
Survived by her husband and two sons, LSC Taylor was recently the primary carer for her sister who'd experienced a stroke, with the officers "caring nature" also extending to her colleagues.
Even at 50, Sen Const King was relatively new to the force, joining six years ago and working at several Melbourne stations before transferring to the Nunawading Highway Patrol in 2018.
Const Humphris joined the force after working as an apprentice carpenter and personal trainer in Newcastle, while Const Prestney, 28, graduated from the academy in December, with his brother - a fellow officer - presenting him with his badge.
The Victoria Police In Memoriam Facebook page was flooded with posts on Thursday evening paying respects to the officers, including from past and current police.
Flags were flying at half-mast and landmarks lit up in blue across Victoria on Thursday in honour of the officers.
Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing Libby Murphy said the tributes were a comfort to police at a difficult time.
"We see them, they buoy us and certainly bring a tear to the eye," she told 3AW.
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